Evolution of ultrasound in anesthesia
“This article explores the evolving role of ultrasound technology in anesthesia. Ultrasound emerged decades ago, offering clinicians noninvasive, economical, radiation-free, and real-time imaging capabilities” Harutyunyan et al (2024).
IV push medication cost-effectiveness
“Based upon our modeling calculations, switching certain medication administration routes to IVP can have significant impacts on cost, with an estimated cost savings of about $47,000 every six months” Hayward et al (2024).
Implantable port infection and complication rates
“Double-lumen chest ports are associated with increased risk for bloodstream infection, malfunction, fibrin sheath formation, catheter tip malposition, and catheter-associated thrombosis” Kozlowski et al (2024).
IV access for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Full Text
“The PARAMEDIC-3 trial will provide key information on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drug route in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest” Couper et al (2023).
Hemodialysis vascular access survey in Italy
“Most of facilities use the fluoroscope during CVC placement, 37% when needed, and 22% never. Ultrasound-guided puncture of complex AVFs was used by 80% of facilities. Buttonhole puncture was used in 5% of patients” Napoli et al (2024).
Cost of physician-administered drugs in private healthcare
“This study showed that hospitals imposed large price markups and retained a substantial share of total insurer spending on physician-administered drugs for patients with private insurance” Robinson et al (2024).
Insertion pain associated with different cannula sizes – Full Text
“There was no significant difference between the 18G or 20G cannula for either pain experienced by patients or procedural difficulty experienced by clinicians” Mitra et al (2023).
Intravenous iron infusion guidelines – Full Text
“This comprehensive consensus provides step-by-step guidance and tools for practitioners to promote safe delivery of intravenous iron, recognition, and management of infusion reactions and treatment-emergent hypophosphatemia” Van Doren et al (2024).
Neonatal vascular access device tip location evaluation – Full Text
“Our radiology department conducted an assessment of 300 neonatal radiographs in the neonatal intensive care unit over almost two years. The purpose was to evaluate the correct positioning of intravascular venous catheters” Russo et al (2024).
Antibiotic impregnated PICC review in neonates – Full Text
“This retrospective study did not find a significant reduction in infection rates by using PICCs containing anti-infective drugs in neonates. Current antibiotic impregnations do not seem to be effective in preventing blood stream infections” Koppitz et al (2024).
Umbilical venous catheter malpostion case study – Full Text
“Umbilical venous (UV) catheters (UVCs) are commonly used in severely ill neonates. Complications associated with UVC often result from an inappropriate UVC position. Calcification of the UV, a rare complication, was observed in an extremely low-birth-weight infant born at 23 weeks of gestation” Yamamoto and Iijima (2024).
ClearGuard HD caps in pediatric hemodialysis patients
“Routine use of ClearGuard caps in pediatric dialysis centers was associated with a reduction of HD CA-BSI rates in pediatric HD patients” Nau et al (2024).
How to identify gaps in knowledge about PICC
“This study aimed to build an instrument for analysing nurses’ knowledge about PICCs and assess its content validity” Bispo et al (2024).
Invasive device-associated skin complications in paediatrics – Full Text
“This systematic review highlights the need for standardized definitions and reporting methods to better surveil and benchmark device-related complications, particularly for understudied device types” Takashima et al (2024).
Subclavian vein catheters in paediatric cancer patients
“This study showed increased difficulty and higher morbidity related to infraclavicular subclavian vein catheterization among infants and children suffering from cancer” Jarraya et al (2024).
Venipuncture in adults guide
“The aims are to increase knowledge of the anatomical structures associated with venepuncture, demonstrate the clinical procedural technique of venepuncture, and provide an awareness of the dangers and complications of this invasive technique” Ford and Skarparis (2024).
KiteLock 4% next generation IV lock solution
“KiteLock 4% catheter lock is a solution designed to combat the triple threat of infection, occlusion and biofilm. This locking solution is described as the only locking solution to provide cover for all three complications” Barton (2024).
IV care bundles scoping review
“To find information on the use of care bundles for care of arterial, central, and peripherally inserted venous catheters” Reynolds et al (2024).
Immediate CVC insertion-related complications – Full Text
“This study showed that major immediate insertion-related complications, although not directly responsible for any death, were associated with increased 30-day, 90-day and 180-day mortality. These findings clearly demonstrate the importance of using all possible means to prevent avoidable insertion-related complications after central venous catheterisation” Ingefors et al (2024).
Winged peripheral IV cannula review
“The case studies included with this article introduce Nipro’s Safetouch Cath Winged with Injection Port as a new cost-effective choice of PIVC, which is now available from NHS Supply Chain” Munoz-Mozas and Gabriel (2024).
Central venous catheterization simulation training
“These results indicate that there has been a decrease in mechanical, infectious, and thrombosis complications, which correlates with the US-IJCVC training large-scale deployment” Gonzalez-Vargas et al (2024).
Reducing the need for neonatal peripheral IV access
“Administering enteral feedings on admission to stable, late preterm infants, reduced the need for peripheral IV access and thus decreased pain from this procedure” Hanford et al (2024).
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Glove performance after decontamination
“Our results indicated that the performance of the gloves after treatment was highly dependent on the composition of the medical gloves. In general, the surgical gloves in this study performed better than the patient examination gloves” Dawson et al (2023).
PICC tip position using Sherlock 3CG system – Full Text
“In this clinical report, we describe five cases of patients who underwent PICC guided by the Sherlock 3CG system and were evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)” Edanaga et al (2023).
History of IV fluid resuscitation with crystalloids – Full Text
“This review provides a brief summary of the most important historical aspects of the origin of the most frequently used intravenous crystalloids today” Fernández-Sarmiento et al (2023).
Contrast media adverse reaction management – Full Text
“The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of the radiology personnel regarding contrast media used in radiology and the management of associated adverse drug reactions” Khan et al (2023).
Urokinase-associated bloodstream infection – Full Text
“We identified as the outbreak source a batch of urokinase vials imported from India contaminated with R. mannitolilytica” Fabricci et al (2023).
Impact of drinking coffee before blood test – Full Text
“Drinking a cup of coffee 1 hour prior to phlebotomy produces no clinically significant changes in routine biochemical and haematological test results” Benozzi et al (2023).
Which bacteria cause CLABSI – Full Text
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study trying to decipher the role of biofilm formation in the virulence of pathogens and the prognosis of CLABSI” Arunan et al (2023).
PICC occlusion rates – Full Text
“Catheter occlusion results from this process, and is a costly, common, occurrence with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)” Bunch et al (2023).
OPAT to oral antibiotic switch – Full Text
“To audit the impact on cellulitis management, regimen tolerability and outcomes of switching from outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) using intravenous (i.v.) cefazolin once daily plus probenecid to oral beta-lactam therapy (OBLT) using oral flucloxacillin plus probenecid” Bowhay et al (2023).
Breakage of midline catheter – Full Text
“We report a case wherein a midline catheter tip was broken during insertion and removed by open surgery” Oh et al (2023).
Safe Hands project and adherence to hand hygiene standards – Full Text
“This study shows that implementing tailored interventions that are underpinned by theories from organizational learning and culture can improve adherence to hand hygiene in a complex setting as the OR” Frödin et al (2023).
Vincristine extravasation case study
“Extravasation, a severe complication of chemotherapeutic drugs, can result in tissue necrosis that is considered an oncological emergency” Ghaffary et al (2023).
Video patient information before implantable port placement
“Video information provided before the insertion of an implantable port catheter was found to reduce the fear of severe pain in cancer patients” Işıklı et al (2023).
Peripheral IV access research protocol – Full Text
“After completion, it will answer the question of whether it is clinically relevant to use ultrasound-guided vascular access in the context of not only short-term benefit of insertion, but also up to 5 days after insertion” Hlasny et al (2023).
IV maintenance bundle compliance
“Intensive training and education of HCWs led to significant improvement in maintenance bundle of care for PIVC and CVC” Sharma et al (2023).
Value of YouTube videos for ultrasound-guided vascular access
“The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the adequacy of videos on ultrasound-guided subclavian vein catheterization posted on YouTube based on this guideline” Satilmis and Basaran (2023).
How effective are antiseptic caps at decreasing microbial colonization
“This finding suggests that the use of antiseptic-containing caps precludes the need for additional disinfection” Fillman et al (2023).
Safety of mid-thigh exit site vascular access devices
“The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) or catheter related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in mid-thigh catheters in patients with positive rectal swabs to evaluate the safety of this procedure and the real infection risk” Bartoli et al (2023).
Midline catheter follow-up study protocol – Full Text
“This protocol presents the follow-up of non-intensive care unit patients with an MC. The aim is to identify complications and search for risk factors associated with these complications” Derouin et al (2023).
Tetrasodium EDTA IV lock review
“This model-based analysis indicates that 4% Tetrasodium EDTA can be considered the optimal strategy compared to Taurolidine and heparin in terms of cost-effectiveness” Gattini et al (2023).
CLABSI rate reduction in burn intensive care units
“Here we present a detailed account of our experience in reducing CLABSI rates utilizing a business framework called the Four Disciplines of Execution (4DX)” Effendi et al (2023).
Comparison of taurolidine antimicrobial IV lock solutions
“To evaluate the effectiveness of various taurolidine solutions in the prevention and treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) caused by the entire spectrum of microbes in patients receiving parenteral nutrition in a shorter period of time” Visek et al (2023).
Virtual reality to manage IV procedure-related pain
“Non-immersive virtual reality is an effective adjunctive therapy for the reduction of pain in children undergoing painful injection procedures in an outpatient setting” Camacho-Cruz et al (2023).
Augmented reality simulated CVC insertion – Full Text
“The aim of this randomised control study was to compare the success of trainees performing a simulated central venous catheter insertion on a phantom either with or without prior NeedleTrainer device practice” Evans et al (2023).
Racial and ethnic disparities in CLABSI data
“We identified racial and ethnic disparities in CLABSI and UE that can be addressed in future improvement work by identifying and modifying care delivery factors that contribute to safety disparities” Lyren et al (2023).
Peripherally infusing vasopressors
“A nurse-driven protocol to guide the peripheral infusion of vasopressors can be effectively implemented into nursing practice” Coyer and Carlucci (2023).
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3D printed ultrasound-guided PICC training phantom – Full Text
“The present work shows the feasibility of a patient-specific 3D printed phantom for simulation and training in pediatric ultrasound-guided procedures” Raffaele et al (2023).
Extravasation of Mitomycin C – Case Study
“We present the case of a 70-year-old female with extensive soft-tissue injury secondary to extravasation of MMC that required hospital admission and surgical intervention to remove the implantable venous access device” Chung et al (2023).
Port-a-cath complications study – Full Text
“This study aims to gain better insight into the safety and efficacy of port-a-cath use in this population and identify risk factors for port-a-cath complications” White et al (2023).